Levana Finkelstein

Acting

Levana Finkelstein

Born September 21, 1947 · Sofia, Bulgaria (age 78)

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The Russian SpecialistThe Russian Specialist · 2005
The Russian Specialist
5.12005
MovieActionThriller
A Russian ex-hit man is called back to Russia for one last job. This time against his former employees, the Russian mob.
Aya: Imagined AutobiographyAya: Imagined Autobiography · 1994
Aya: Imagined Autobiography
7.51994
Movie
Aya is a woman who, since early childhood, has been driven by her father's ambition to see her become successful. Now she is shooting a film and fragments of dreams and fantasy alternate with reality.
SilentSilent · 2022
Silent
6.02022
MovieThrillerFamily
The life of Avihao (Morris Cohen), a television personality with an excessively big mouth, is getting more and more complicated: his mother Sarah (Levna Finkelstein) stopped talking, fell into complete silence and his father does not understand why. Aviv (Oshari Cohen), his beloved former student, unexpectedly becomes the leading candidate in the prime ministerial elections even though no one knows what he has to say. He doesn't give interviews, doesn't talk, doesn't give speeches - he just stays silent all the way to victory, a silence that challenges Avihao to the point of risking his career and his family.
My MargoMy Margo · 1969
My Margo
8.01969
MovieComedyDrama
A love story between two people from different cultures and the relatives who manage to separate them until the lovers again find each other.
Last RespectsLast Respects · 2025
Last Respects
2025
MovieDrama
Within the disciplined and rigid world of the military, it is easy to forget the little man.  While preparing his troops for a military funeral, a seasoned military finds himself reflecting on his own life and behavior. As he instructs his cadets to conduct themselves with honor, he himself is challenged by the lack of respect he hopes for.
The Little TraitorThe Little Traitor · 2009
The Little Traitor
6.22009
MovieDrama
Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in British Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old wants nothing more than for the occupying British to get the hell out of his land.
MatatMatat · 2013
Matat
2013
Movie
A deep relationship crisis facing pious couple. Just before detachment, a strange dream brings hidden line.
A Matter of SizeA Matter of Size · 2009
A Matter of Size
6.22009
MovieComedyDrama
Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in Ramle he discovers the world of Sumo where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated. Through Kitano (60 kilos), the restaurant owner, a former Sumo coach in Japan (who is supposedly hiding from the Yakuza in Israel), he falls in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". Herzl wants Kitano to be their coach but Kitano is reluctant - they first have to earn their spurs. "A MATTER OF SIZE" is a comedy about a ‘coming out’ of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.

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A Matter of SizeA Matter of Size · 2009
A Matter of Size
6.22009
MovieComedyDrama
Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in Ramle he discovers the world of Sumo where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated. Through Kitano (60 kilos), the restaurant owner, a former Sumo coach in Japan (who is supposedly hiding from the Yakuza in Israel), he falls in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". Herzl wants Kitano to be their coach but Kitano is reluctant - they first have to earn their spurs. "A MATTER OF SIZE" is a comedy about a ‘coming out’ of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.

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Let the Party BeginLet the Party Begin · 2023
Let the Party Begin
5.02023
MovieDrama
After winning the best film award at the Cannes Film Festival, the legendary film producer - Yonatan Harel, is facing bankruptcy due to a chain of anomalies in the film budgets and investors who withdrew their investment due to the Corona virus. Jonathan tries to survive and save his life, with the help of his lawyer and close friend. On the occasion of winning the Cannes Orit festival, his wife throws him a surprise party and invites the entire film industry, and the professionals he worked with: Gadi Harush, the legendary actor and borderline personality, and the stars of his winning film, Eli Gold and Dafna. Jonathan decides to monitor the entire house with cameras and what he discovers will be beyond his wildest imagination.
BlissBliss · 2024
Bliss
8.52024
MovieDrama
Sassi is more than 20 years older than his wife Effi and is worried about his declining powers. Surgery has left him seeking treatment for impotence, but Effi insists she’s content with their emotional closeness. In her work as a physical therapist, though, Effi sees the link between body and heart every day. The biggest challenge to their loving relationship has been the gambling debts Sassi’s adult son keeps running up. But the couple’s fragile understanding, compounded by the presence of two young men, introduces new threats. Their teenage grandson, Omri, returns from living with his father in Europe, at loose ends and clearly in need of guidance. For one thing, he can barely stand to wear a shirt. Then a young patient turns up at the swimming pool where Effi conducts therapy sessions. He comes to confront her about something from their past, something complicated, contested, and painful to them both.
Valley Of StrengthValley Of Strength · 2012
Valley Of Strength
2012
Movie
The story of “Gei Oni” is an historical epic which interweaves the story of the first wave of Jewish European migration to Palestine, at the end of the 19th century, with an unusual love story between Fania, a young Russian immigrant, and Yechiel, a native Jew. Seventeen-year-old Fania, her baby daughter, her elderly uncle, and her emotionally impaired brother arrive at the port of Jaffa, having survived a pogrom in which all other members of their family were killed. Having no real choice, Fania marries Yechiel, a widower whose wife died of malaria, leaving him to care for their two children himself. The two set out to a small settlement near Safed, where Yechiel and a few other daring settlers are trying to cultivate the barren lands which they bought from local Arabs. Fania is burdened by a harrowing secret she is unable to share with anyone else. but unless her husband Yechiel shares her secret, their marriage cannot be consummated.

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